The cost of laying tarmac on Maine Road in Port Erin could be £21,000 it has been claimed.
Resident Keith McArd wrote to Tim Cowin at the Department of Infrastructure about the figure.
He described the amount as huge, and added: ‘The owners could not afford this work and neither can the government, or so they keep telling us.’
Mr Cowin had written to householders on Maine Road gauging their interest in financing the tarmacing, or adoption, of the road.
Mr McArd said that, at a meeting two years ago, the department said the cost would be £21,000 a frontage. He added vehicle licence tax should pay for all road works.
When Port Erin Commissioners considered the letter, chairman Nick Watterson said: ‘We also have correspondence from another householder with the request if we do all the properties at the end of Maine Road (in a local authority scheme to redevelop housing) it may be a good idea to spend some of the money as a contribution towards doing up that road.’
They agreed to discuss the letter in private.
The department said it is reviewing five responses.